Michigan neighborhood goes wild over life-like stuffed animal

An animal control worker in Michigan was convinced he was looking at a young tiger lying in a driveway, so he approached with care. He grabbed a pole and a shield, and called police.

Turns out, it was a stuffed animal.

The Grand Rapids Press reports that Kent County Animal Control received a call Thursday about a tiger in the driveway of a vacant Grand Rapids home.

Supervisor Joe Dainelis responded to the call, and when he spotted the animal, he grabbed his safety gear. Neighbors also thought the life-sized, furry toy was real.

"I stop on the street, I look down the driveway and I see its backside... At that point... I could totally see how someone would call this in," Dainelis told ABC News. "I pull my radio out, I called dispatch and I said, 'We're going to need PD out here, there's a tiger in the backyard.' I thought it was real."

But when co-worker Rachel Jensen approached from another direction, she realized there was nothing ferocious about the toy feline.